Rewind from CBC Radio

How to be a movie star circa 1967. Young women, especially, were eager to drop out of their own boring lives and jump right onto the silver screen.

Voices and stories of newcomers to Canada. Whether they come as immigrants or refugees, they all hope for a better life here in Canada.

The second of two programs about singer Stan Rogers, who died tragically at the age of 33. With his rich baritone voice, he chronicled stories of Canada’s history, geography and the people who worked on the land and on the sea.

An hour of the folksinger Stan Rogers. He died as a result of a disastrous fire on an airplane in 1983. 2016 is the 40th anniversary of Stan’s first album, Fogarty’s Cove, and Rewind uses that as an excuse to hear from about this amazing musician.

For Newfoundlanders July 1 is not only Canada Day but also marks the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War. On July 1st 1916, the Newfoundland Regiment died en masse. And that was just the start.

A look at the best generation from 1959. Inspired by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, the Beats changed the tone of music and poetry and set the stage for the counterculture movement of the 1960s.

In 1994 Sue Rodriguez galvanized Canadians when she fought for the right to die. Her argument went to the Supreme Court, which ruled against her. Although the ruling has been overturned, her story is as relevant now as it was then.

The early days of CBC Radio in the late 1930s and 1940s featured discussion club where they asked thorny questions like “Who has it better: the barbarian or the civilized man?” and “Are Canadian too polite?"

In 1966 two young black men formed the Black Panthers, a radical group that advocated a revolutionary war not afraid to use violence to achieve its ends. A portrait of the Black Panthers through the eyes of Canadian writer Austin Clarke.

The second of two programs about China’s cultural revolution. In this episode, journalist Jan Wong, who went to Maoist China to study in China when she was a teenager. She was sure she’d found paradise on earth… for a while.

2016 is the 50th anniversary of the start of China’s cultural revolution. Documentary maker Steve Wadhams paints a chilling portrait of life and chaos in the late 1960s and early 1970s in The Black Decade.

More about the Stratford Festival to honour the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. Some of the actors who have appeared on stage: Maggie Smith, Colm Feore and Paul Gross. Also Stratford's language and voice coaching school for actors.

On the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, the the birth of the Stratford Festival. It started out as a way to revive a dying town and has become a multi million dollar annual event.

The birth of punk rock music. It was 40 years ago that punk hit the scene with loud guitars, black studded leather, and plenty of attitude and naughty language.

It’s been 70 years since Jackie Robinson put on the uniform of the Montreal Royals baseball team. It was a warmup for his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers a year later. He was the first black man to play in the major leagues. His debut changed everything.